Imbalance Means I Break Things?

Picturing you walking into the panels making that Godzilla sound.

I don't break things but I am especially careful to shuffle my feet in the kitchen when my dog is around. He likes to sleep in the middle of the pathways. Or directly behind you. Well, pretty much anywhere that inconveniences you the most.

In the dark it's harder. I remember before my VNS, reading Cheryl talking about it. I hate to say I thought, "bah, I'll handle walking in the dark just fine. How hard can it be? I'm a athletic guy, not some fragile woman."

 

I do not experience any imbalance issues with my mm, unless I am having an attack, and I sit or lie down then. I think if we all listed our specific symptoms they would be a lot items not listed in books or by the specialists.

 

I had a shunt surgery in Oct 2016. In Feb 2017 I had maybe my worst attack ever.

My balance has never come back. So incredibly frustrating. Honestly worse than hearing.

I use night lights in my room. I have to. Stinks.

 

I used to have drop attacks,would literal crash into things,took a glass casserole
down with me once.
Don`t have those anymore but my balance is not great,esp. on concrete.
17 years of MM has done its job!

 

I'm usually ok, except after an attack I'll be jacked up for a week before things settle down. I just keep a hand out in font of me, especially at night.

 

I've fallen down the stairs a few times and ripped the blinds down trying to grab onto whatever I can on my way down.... fortunately i was never seriously hurt.... just bruised and sprained wrist....

 

As everyone said, when you have a balance deficit, you compensate with the eyes which makes darkness problematic. Before i knew i had a balance problem, i ran i to a lot of walls, literally fell flat on my face just walking down the street a few times and things like that. I dont r mmber if i broke anything except for myself duri g that time. In the twenty years since found out i had a balance problem, i only fell down once even though the balance deficit was greater because i knew i had a problem and took precautions, made modifications etc. So, may i suggest night lights and a cane. The cane is to aid your balance. Put a hand on a wall when you need to.

 

Pupper!

She was not fragile
like a flower;
she was fragile
like a bomb.

I'm sure that's what you meant.

 

I'm glad that brightened your day, Autumn. Women do so much. We can't afford to be fragile. I'm pretty sure that's the last word anyone would use to describe me.

 

Cheryl, that little poem was right on and funny.

I did mean the walking-in-darkness thought from a strictly physical strength-balance point of view. If you know my thoughts on nurses you'll know my thoughts on womens' strength.

 

I have read your thoughts on nurses and I also appreciate the explanation about your physical strength point of view. You're out of the doghouse. ;D